What if your anxiety isn't the problem? What if it's pointing at something deeper - a wound you haven't healed yet?

In Episode 33, I'm talking about the difference between managing anxiety symptoms and actually healing the wounds that cause it. Most people spend years learning coping skills - breathing exercises, grounding techniques, medication. And that stuff helps. But if you've been managing your anxiety for years and it's STILL showing up, still running parts of your life, maybe it's time to ask a different question: "What is this protecting?"

I share a conversation I had with a friend who's dealing with driving anxiety. She's about to take long road trips pulling a camper, and panic attacks have been showing up before she even had the trailer. We talked about childhood trauma, about figuring out what's actually CAUSING the anxiety instead of just trying to control it when it shows up.

And I get vulnerable about my own experience - Boise, Idaho on the I-84, pulling over to the LEFT lane during a panic attack and walking down the freeway until I could get my shit together. I understand what she's dealing with.

This episode is about the uncomfortable work of digging in the dirt to find what's underneath the anxiety. It's not a weekend workshop. It's not a breathing exercise. It's going back to the moments that created the fear and doing the spiritual work to rewire how your brain responds. And God is in all of it.

If you've been managing your anxiety for years and it's still running your life, maybe it's time to stop settling for management and start doing the healing work.

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